A Man Among Orcas

In the remote volancis archipelago of the Crozet islands, meet David Reichert, a cameraman who has an extraordinary talent to locate, approach and tame some of the wildest beasts on Earth. Enduring raging winds and icy waters with minimal protection, he enters the intimacy of elephant seals and orcas using clever ethological analyses and gets them used to his presence. Then comes the extraordinary: meet a man who communicates with penguins with body languarge, calms young seals and turns them into live pillows, lies underwater with 8 ton orcas or mature male seals...Context: David Reichert is a young American wildlife filmmaker who has dedicated his life to his passion. Specialized in marine subjects, at ease in rough seas and icy waters, David had an incredible resistance to extreme environments and a real talent for dealing with complex wildlife situations. To achieve this unique film, he spent 4 months in an isolated bay on an island 2000 miles away from the nearest continent with Jean Francois Barthod, another talented filmmaker and director with a solid experience as a DOP of feature films. The result is a very unusual wildlife documentary entirely shot on S16mm film.